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tapoueh

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About tapoueh

Author of Mastering PostgreSQL in Application Development, see https://masteringpostgresql.com.

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    Comment #15644090

    The payment forms were in HTTPS from the beginning, but the webpages (hosted at GitHub Pages). Now it's all HTTPS with a proper domain certificate, thanks to CloudFlare. Enjoy!

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    Comment #15641689

    That's a good idea, unfortunately the providers don't know each other and don't make it as easy as it sounds. Given interest into that, I will see about making something happen, if…

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    Comment #15640321

    You know what? Just buy the book and if you don't like it, tell me. I'll refund you. My guess is that you will like it ;-)

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    Comment #15640311

    Went to fast and fat-fingered it. Works now!

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    Comment #15640309

    Fixed now!

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    Comment #15639561

    I've setup an Offer Code for the next 48h guys. Feel free to use it! http://masteringpostgresql.com/#packages

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    Comment #15639508

    The book covers some theory when it's needed and comes with lots of practical examples, all using real world data sets to make them easier to understand and relate to. Using an ORM…

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    Comment #15639487

    Fixed now. I really should have had my reviewer work on the website too, not just the book itself. Thanks guys!

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    Comment #15638602

    The book contains references for every data source it uses, all of them are available as Open Data. So you can load all the data, and copy/paste all the SQL queries with just the B…

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    Comment #15637717

    The e-mail address is easily found in the paperback version, and I just added it to the FAQ as well, thanks for reporting the bug!

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    Comment #15637041

    Thanks, fixed now!

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    Comment #15635789

    Yes the book targets more the SQL beginners, which are in my experience developers of all levels, from beginners to experts. The title is inspired to a great deal by an idea of how…

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    Comment #15635764

    Mastering PostgreSQL in Application Development is meant to target any development environment, yet it does target some ecosystems: Python, PHP, Java and Go receive a special treat…

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    Comment #15635745

    The book definitely go into advanced usage. If you're already fluent in LATERAL joins, GROUPING SETS, Arrays, and JSON techniques, you might get bored to some degree. Every single …

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    Comment #15635715

    No, I don't address that point in this book. It gives you plenty SQL techniques to avoid ever having to LOOP in a PL/pgSQL function, and show how to use PL/SQL rather than PL/pgSQL…

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    Comment #15635512

    So that you can receive updates if I make some. You don't have to, though, read http://tapoueh.org/blog/2017/11/mastering-postgresql-in-appl... where you will find the full Table o…